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low 3.7

CVE-2012-5659 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in plugins/abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache.c in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 a…

published 2013-03-12 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5542

cvss
3.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in plugins/abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache.c in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to load and execute arbitrary Python modules by modifying the PYTHONPATH environment variable to reference a malicious Python module.

Patch / fix

  • abrt RHEL 6 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2
  • libreport RHEL 6 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2
  • abrt-cli RHEL 6 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2
  • abrt-gui RHEL 6 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2
  • abrt-tui RHEL 6 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2
  • abrt-libs RHEL 6 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2
  • abrt-desktop RHEL 6 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2
  • libreport-cli RHEL 6 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0215

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-5659 updated cvss 3.7

abrt: Arbitrary Python code execution due improper sanitization of the PYTHONPATH environment variable by installing debuginfo packages into cache

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) abrt 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-cli 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-gui 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-tui 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-libs 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) abrt 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, abrt-addon-vmcore 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport-plugin-bugzilla 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) abrt 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-cli 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-tui 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-libs 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, libreport-cli 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) abrt 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-gui 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, abrt-desktop 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport-gtk 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, libreport-newt 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) abrt 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-cli 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-gui 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-tui 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-libs 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) abrt 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, abrt-addon-vmcore 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport-plugin-bugzilla 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) abrt 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-cli 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-gui 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-tui 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, abrt-libs 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, +13 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) abrt 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2, abrt-addon-vmcore 2.0.8-6.el6_3.2, libreport-plugin-bugzilla 2.0.9-5.el6_3.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0215

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • git.fedorahosted.org http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/abrt.git/commit/?id=b173d81b577953b96a282167c7eecd66bf111a4f referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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